Zach Easter, 12, holds his first-place award from the American Motorcyclist Associate National Championships, conducted in Las Vegas earlier this month.

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Matthew Kent
Gazette Staff Writer

Hard work has paid off for a local 12-year-old Arenacross racer who recently won the national title within his division class in Las Vegas and the youth says he hopes to pursue a professional career in the sport someday.

Zach Easter, a sixth-grader at Zane Trace Middle School, competed in the Amateur National Arenacross Championships earlier this month in the Sin City, securing the top spot in the 85 cc, ages 7 through 11, category among racers in the class. Two years ago, Easter finished in ninth place when he qualified to go to nationals for the first time. He has been dirt bike racing since he was ...